Hull-daisetta J H, Daisetta TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Hull-daisetta J H

Hull-Daisetta Junior High serves seventh and eighth grade in a small district covering Daisetta, Hull, and Raywood in rural Liberty County. The school enrolls about sixty students, roughly split between the two grades. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the enrollment is predominantly white, with smaller populations of Black and Hispanic students.

The most pressing reality for a parent considering this school is academic performance. State test results show proficiency rates well below the county midpoint across all tested subjects. In seventh-grade math and English language arts, fewer than one in five and fewer than one in four students, respectively, reached proficiency. The eighth grade shows modest improvement in reading, where roughly one in three students met the standard, but math proficiency remains very low. Science and social studies proficiency in eighth grade are similarly weak. Across all subjects and grades combined, the overall proficiency index places the school at the bottom quartile within Liberty County districts. A parent would want to look into further with the school what instruction and intervention strategies are in place to support students, especially in math where proficiency is particularly limited.

The district made a structural change that families should know: it adopted a four-day school week beginning in the 2022-23 school year, applying to all elementary, junior high, and high school campuses. School days are longer in length but fewer in number. This shift affects childcare arrangements, daily start and end times, and the rhythm of the school week, and the district has continued it. That information comes directly from the school's operational context and is a planning factor for household schedules.

The school's size and rural setting are plain characteristics. Daisetta itself is a small oil-town-origin community of rural character in eastern Liberty County, about forty miles northwest of Beaumont. The town sits on a salt dome and has experienced long-term population decline from its oil-boom era, though recent estimates suggest modest growth. The school sits on the main highway, making it accessible by the car-dependent transportation that characterizes the area. Staffing data was not available, nor were details on program offerings or school-specific attendance or discipline outcomes, so a parent interested in those specifics would need to contact the school directly.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 79%

School 9% · District 9%

▼ 18 pts below state median

Grade 811%

School 11% · District 11%

▼ 31 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 721%

School 21% · District 21%

▼ 28 pts below state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

Grade 833%

School 33% · District 33%

▼ 22 pts below state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

Science

Grade 819%

School 19% · District 19%

▼ 23 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 811%

School 11% · District 11%

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

This schoolHULL-DAISETTA ISD, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 7Lower-income25%Higher-income11%14 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income35%Higher-income30%5 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 7Lower-income13%Higher-income0%13 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income6%Higher-income20%14 pp gap